FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Garth hudson - The Untold Story

“I was infatuated with slide guitar. I’d use a comparable motion on my fretless by sliding up to the note”: Manning the world’s first production fretless bass, Rick Danko had to be laser-sharp in the Band

Along with Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones and Boz Burrell of Bad Company, Rick Danko was one of the earliest players to take fretless bass guitar into the mainstream

Guitar World · Aug 29

"I and everybody else were old farts in her opinion." Roger Waters on the night Sinéad O'Connor sang her spellbinding version of Pink Floyd's Mother

To mark the fall of the Berlin Wall, Roger Waters invited a stellar cast to Berlin for a restaging of Pink Floyd's The Wall - including The Scorpions, Joni Mitchell and Sinéad O'Connor

Louder · Jun 4

Last surviving member of The Band Garth Hudson dead aged 87

After a career that saw his group churn out hits including ‘The Weight’, iconic multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson has died aged 87.

BANG Premier · Jan 21, 2025

Garth Hudson, master instrumentalist and last surviving member of The Band, dies at 87

Garth Hudson, the Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician, has died at age 87

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025

Last original member of The Band Garth Hudson dies aged 87

He was praised as a ‘musical genius and cornerstone of the group’s timeless sound’.

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025

“It was a job. Play a stadium, play a theatre…”: The words of Garth Hudson of The Band, who has died at 87

He played on “the second most influential record in the history of rock ’n’ roll”

MusicRadar · Jan 21, 2025

Garth Hudson death: Last remaining member of The Band dies aged 87

Hudson was a talented multi-instrumentalist best known for playing keyboards and saxophone for The Band

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025

Bob Dylan was washed up and irrelevant – then one electrifying tour saved his career

Bob Dylan was teetering on Insignificance when he finally returned to the road in 1974 with The Band, who were in the throes of their own turmoil at the time. That tour saved both their careers, writes Stevie Chick, and cemented the Tambourine Man’s place in music history

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2024

"My dream was a place where we could create and make music and take magic out of the air": Remembering Robbie Robertson, architect of The Band

Robbie Robertson was behind two world-changing musical revolutions; a Canadian songwriter and lead guitarist whose group The Band gave birth to Americana

Louder · Aug 8, 2024

"I did Bat Out Of Hell thinking it was a comedy record. I did it as a spoof of Springsteen": What a career in music has taught Todd Rundgren

The man who had a public spat with John Lennon and made David Bowie cry says he’s a hard-worker more than a genius, and that music has been devalued

Louder · Jan 2, 2024